Project Overview: Ochsner Medical Center Healthcare Sound Testing Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans recently completed a major expansion to enhance patient care and clinical capacity. As part of the close-out process, the facility required field verification of sound isolation between critical spaces. Testing confirmed whether partitions met AHCA’s Apparent Sound Transmission Class (ASTC) requirements—an […]
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Project Overview: Noise Ordinance Testing for a Bywater Marigny Venue An entertainment venue preparing to open in the Bywater / Marigny district hired Commercial Acoustics to run a baseline noise ordinance assessment ahead of a meeting with New Orleans City Council members. The venue’s outdoor back-patio stage sits within feet of multiple adjacent residences, which […]
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Project Overview: Miami Acoustic Consultant for a Hotel Amenity Lounge Acoustic Consulting Brief, Miami Hotel Amenity Lounge The Miami hotel project came to us in the progress drawing phase. The architect and developer wanted an acoustic consultant to size the reverberation problem in the amenity lounge before the finishes were locked, while changes were still […]
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Project Overview: New Orleans Residential Sound Testing The Test Brief: Shotgun Duplex Demising Wall The duplex owner had a long-running tenant noise complaint between adjacent units of a New Orleans shotgun-style home. Conversations and TV from one side were carrying clearly into the other, and standard troubleshooting (caulking outlets, sealing baseboards) had not moved the […]
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Project Overview: Acoustical Testing in a Corporate Office Why Sound Testing Beats Guessing in a Corporate Office Amgen had done everything right on paper. STC-rated walls, a properly specified Lencore sound masking system, a designer-grade modular partition layout. The TI buildout completed and the noise complaints arrived almost immediately. Conversations between adjacent closed offices were […]
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Project Overview: Office Sound Privacy Decision Framework The Office Sound Privacy Problem in Modular Buildouts Modern corporate offices spec modular partition systems for one obvious reason: flexibility. Walls reconfigure in days, not weeks. The trade-off shows up after the buildout, when occupants discover that a partition rated for design flexibility was not rated for speech […]
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What IIC and STC Actually Measure STC and IIC are the two ratings that govern almost every multi-family and hotel acoustic specification in the United States. STC handles airborne sound — voices, music, television, HVAC noise, anything that travels through the air. IIC handles impact sound — footfall, dropped objects, furniture moving, anything that strikes […]
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Project Overview: Pre-Renovation Acoustic Testing Why Hospital Atriums Have Acoustic Challenges Hospital atriums are designed to do two things at once. Architecturally they signal openness, daylight, and welcome to patients and visitors arriving for treatment. Acoustically they are the worst possible room shape for controlled sound. Tall ceilings, glass curtain walls, polished stone floors, and […]
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Project Overview: Office Floor Vibration Assessment The Providence One building in Lake Mary was getting acoustic complaints that were not actually acoustic. Occupants on a specific floor reported persistent low-frequency vibration in the slab. One employee was taking motion sickness medication just to make it through the workday. A structural engineer had already cleared the […]
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Project Overview: Upscale Tampa Hotel Acoustic Assessment Three years after opening, this Tampa upscale hotel was still getting acoustic complaints on guest satisfaction surveys. Front desk had heard every variation: expressway traffic through the windows, slamming doors in the corridor, bar music thumping into the rooms above. Management had spot-fixed individual rooms over the years […]
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